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historic Wellington votes

1890

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18901206.2.16 THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 136, 6 December 1890, Page 2

New Zealand general election, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Fisher	2,828
	Independent	John Duthie	2,779
	Liberal	Kennedy Macdonald	2,482
	Independent	Francis Bell	2,299
	Liberal	E G Jellicoe	1,921
	Liberal	Francis Fraser	1,755
	Liberal	W McLean	1,060
	Liberal	R Winter	716
Majority			183
Total votes			{{{votes}}}
Registered electors			8,786

1893

nominations http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18931118.2.18

General election, 1893 results http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=PBH18931201.2.12

New Zealand general election, 1893
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Stout	6,218	46.73
	Independent	Francis Bell	5,773	43.39
	Independent	John Duthie	4,840	36.37
	Liberal	Kennedy Macdonald	3,863	29.03
	Liberal	Francis Fraser	3,729	28.02
	Independent	Harry Vogel	3,606	27.10
	Liberal	W McLean	3,438	25.84
	Liberal	George Fisher	2,385	17.92
	Independent	Thomas Dwan	1,157	8.70
	Independent	William Travers	1,093	8.21
Majority			977¹
Informal votes			147
Total votes			{{{votes}}}
Turnout			13,306 ²	80.66
Registered electors			16,497

1893 was the first election in which women could vote (the electoral act giving women the vote was passed ten weeks prior to the election)^[1]. Electoral returns quantified female enrolment and turnout, and showed women's turnout was higher than men's while women's enrolment was lower.

Participation by gender			%
Female	Turnout	6,146	84.42
Female	Enrolled females	7,280	44.13

Male	Turnout	7,160	77.68
Male	Enrolled males	9,217	55.87

¹ Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Duthie - 4,840) and highest losing poll (Mcdonald - 3,863)

² Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (36,102 valid, and 147 invalid votes)

1896

General election, 1896 results:^[2]

New Zealand general election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Hutcheson	6,411	48.69
	Liberal	Robert Stout	6,306	47.89
	Liberal	George Fisher	5,859	44.49
	Independent	Arthur Atkinson	5,831	44.28
	Independent	C Wilson	5,570	42.30
	Independent	A A S Menteath	5,560	42.22
	Independent	Francis Fraser	1,811	13.75
	Independent	J J K Powell	185	1.40
	Independent	A Warburton	91	0.69
Majority			28 ¹	0.21
Turnout			13,168 ²	69.77
Registered electors			18,874

¹ Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher, 5859) and highest losing poll (Atkinson, 5831)

² Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (37,624)

by-elections

1898 by-election^[2], 9 March 1898 - caused by resignation of Robert Stout

City of Wellington by-election, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Duthie	7,283	53.80
	Liberal	R C Kirk	6,254	46.20
Majority			1,029	7.60
Turnout			13,537	77.26
Registered electors			17,522^[3]

1899 by-election^[2], 25 July 1899 caused by resignation of John Hutcheson over the Marine Scandal

City of Wellington by-election, 1899
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Hutcheson	6,945
	Independent	E G Jellicoe	4,971
Majority			1974
Turnout			11,916

^ Electoral Act, 1893
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1319. 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "The Wellington By-Election". Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIX, Issue 4439. 8 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

References

[1] Electoral Act, 1893

[wgtn-elections-2] "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1319. 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[3] "The Wellington By-Election". Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIX, Issue 4439. 8 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

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